Exactly one year ago to the day, a "penalty-protected injunction" and a "temporary injunction" against a Polish insulation company failed to retract the claims that there are indications of the possible formation of carcinogenic and mutagenic substances, such as the chromium (VI) compound "calcium chromate" (CaCrO4), when calcium-containing insulation materials are used on chromium-containing hot parts, provided that application temperatures above 300°C prevail!
Germany's largest insulating materials association was ultimately satisfied with the fact that it only has to be explicitly stated that the substances released are the chromium (VI) compound "calcium chromate" when calcium-containing insulating materials are used and that it is no longer a blanket report on a chromium (VI) compound, as defined by the settlement:
Here's the screenshot (machine-translation German / English
We can report openly on this settlement because the plaintiff has not even demanded secrecy.
Insiders evaluate this settlement as a further concession of an existing danger to people and the environment.
Even though professional associations and interest groups know about this settlement, it is still suggested that the above-mentioned problem simply does not exist.
Transparency somehow looks different, but what else can one ask of an industry that is poor in innovation and resistant to advice, other than suppression and ignorance, except that the health and environmental hazards of affected insulators and service technicians are deliberately accepted?
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